Thais trancosana Arnold 1908 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389

Belongs to Thais according to R. Arnold 1908

Sister taxa: Thais (Mancinella), Thais (Polytropa), Thais (Thais), Thais (Vasula), Thais arenae, Thais biserialis, Thais bitubercularis, Thais blakei, Thais brevicula, Thais clarkensis, Thais cornwalli, Thais dubia, Thais emarginata, Thais kettlemanensis, Thais lamellosa, Thais packi, Thais panzana, Thais tuberosa, Thais wittichi

Type specimen: Leland Stanford Junior University 1082, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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